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PIERZ, HORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, APRIL 18, 1918.
No. 44
NTS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
Winona.—Henry Sorphlaten, siayer
of Albert Johnson of Winona, is a
fugitive from the asylum at Rochester.
Brainerd.—A ladies' drum corps
will be formed here to assist in patriotic work. William Tibbetts will
be the instructor.
Minneapolis. — Mrs. Anna Emerson, 82 years old, who had lived in
Minneapolis 60 years, died here. Six
children survive Mrs. Emerson.
Minneapolis.—An„Ap_, and one-half
inch maximum hefc^it for women's
shoes was indorsed in resolutions
adopted by the Minnesota Retail Shoe
Dealers' association, at their convention here.
Stillwater.—Every employe of this
city must take an oath of allegiance
to the United States, or give up hie
position, according to a ruling of Mayor Kolliner. The same measure will
be applied in the public schools.
Luverne.—Mrs. Ingri Riste, 103
years old, died at Hills, this county.
She was the oldest person living in
this section. Until four years ago,
when she suffered an injury, she was
spry and active and an expert knitter.
Minneapolis.—Capt. Milton Morrill,
United States army, stationed at Fortress Monroe, ended his own life in
Mirror lake, on the shore of which
his mother, Mrs. J. P. Morrill, has
her residence. Despondency and ill
health are thought to have been the
motives for the act. Captain Morrill
came home recently on sick leave.
Winona.—A boast that he had stored on the premises four barrels of
white flour which he defied any man
to take away from him, brought the
arm of the food administration down
on William Lassen, Winona county
farmer. The flour has been returned
to circulation and the 30 days' sup-
v 'eft him, has been "covered" by
substitutes.
St. Paul.—'Suspicious persons fearing that many articles of food contained ground glass, officials of. the
State Public Safety commi.sion said
are sending in floods of reports and
many samples of food for analysis.
Examinations made by the state chemist, Julius Hortzet, and his assist-
ans, have failed to show au,yt.ttrace.
of glass in a single instance, the officials said.
Minneapolis.—Frank W. Ludtke, the
cashier of the Farmers' National
Bank at Hutchinson, Minn., was arraigned in United States district court
here charged with violating the espionage act. He pleaded not guilty.
Ludtke is formally charged with discouraging enlistments in the mii-.tary
and naval forces of the United States
by the circulation of a book entitled
''Shanghaied Into the European
War,"
St. Paul.—Doubt of the power of
the state Legislature to amend the
primary election law to permit Minnesota men in military training at
camps and cantonments in other
states to vote at the state primaries
June 19, is reported to be delaying
the call for an extra session of the
legislature proposed by Governor
Burnquist to secure legislation to
vote the soldiers. Attorney General
Hilton ig investigating the question.
Crookston.—Mrs. H. O. Paulson,
who was shot by Steinar Twedten, at
the Paulson home in Woodside township, southeast of this city, is not
likely to recover physicians say.
Twedten invaded the Paulson farm
with a doubled barrel shot gun. Mrs.
Paulson slammed the door in his face
as he followed her and her husband
into their home. As the woman was
locking the door Twedten fired and
the shot struck Mrs. Paulson in the
abdomen.
Cass Lake.—George Harmon, foreman of the Great Northern round
house here, was arrested and taken
to Walker to appear before the district judge, having been indicted by
the Cass county grand jury charged
with seditious utterances. It is understood that Harmon said "The object of this war is to kill off the
laboring men." "A man is a fool to
donate to the Red Cross," and. "Any
man yigt woulfl jpln the Home Guards
is a -—-—/'
Minneapolis.—Jacob 0. Bentall,
nominee for governor of Minnesota,
has bean found guilty of "attempting
to cause insubordination, discontent,
mutiny and refusal of duty in the
military and naval forces of the United States." He is already under sen-
te^tjl^'tif one year for dfc_it obstruc-
tiJ_r*- F.fe maximum se____nce for the
offense of which he has jugt baer\
convicted ia SO y$^r_s iu a federal
prison and $10,000 ' fine. He will be
sentenced by Judge Page Morris in
United States district court XVlday,
April 19.
St. Cloud.—St. Cloud leads all the
state in the cities; of 8,000 or more in
the sale of Christmas seals, according to word from the state board of
health. It is stated that this city disposed of 80,126, or about eight and,
one-half seals for every person in tha
p(ty. This is the best'showing made.
Red Wing.—Thorvald Anderson, 71,
a farmer living near Moeviile, sustained a severe compound fracture
of his left leg below the knee when
he fell from a load of hay while working at his farm. Both bone, were
broken, the larger one forcing ;•
■wa^ through the flesh.
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Interesting
/ Correspondences
Holstein Park News,
Philip Anderson was in Hillman Priday.
Prank Perkins spent Sunday
nig-ht with his brother Sam near
Sullivan.
The Red Cross and Basket
Social given here last Saturday
evening was well attended and
enjoyed by all. The ''Family
Affair" was surely fine and a
credit to those taking part-
The receipt of the evening" were
$70.25. One basket was sold
twice and brought $7.25.
The "Family Affair" followed
by "A Kiss in the Dark," will
be given at Hillman next Saturday night. Everybody should
attend.
Miss .Ruby Christian is help
ing Mrs. J. A. Sanborn with her
housework.
Mrs. Martin and son Sam left
for Wadena last Tuesday to attend the funeral of a relative.
They returned Saturday.
Miss Lena Zarnes enjoyed a
visit from her mother of Swanville and Mrs. Gabriel of Little
Palls from Saturday until Monday. They came to attend the
Social and were entertained at
the P. C. Sorum home.
Miss Ethel Hausman spent
Saturday and Sunday with Lena
Zarnes aud Nellie Martin.
H. H. Sanborn was in Little
Palls Monday.
J. King and family, Mrs. Perkins and daughter Alice, Mrs.L.
Kramer and children and Philip
Anderson and family were entertained at the Thompson home
Sunday. Grandpa Thompson
was 80 years old that day.
Buh News,
Mrs. John Donek was honored
and surprised by relatives and
friends Saturday evening. The
occasion being her sixty-fourth
birth anniversary.
Mrs. Donek was well pleased
that the visitors had come to
spend an enjoyable evening at
her home. Refreshments were
served during the evening. After
wishing her many happy days
in the future and partaking of a
delicious lunch, the guests left
for their respective homes, proclaiming that the evening was
indeed enjoyed very much by
all prsent.
On the Hubert H. Ross farm
north of town the grain is coming up tine, which proves the
thrift of the farmer.
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Choice No. 1 Northern $2.04
Wheat, No. 1, ,.,..- $2.00
Wheat, No. 2 1.97
Wheat, No. 3—. 1.94
Wheat, No. 4 1.90
Plax, 4.00
Barley 1.50
Rye 2.55
Oats 83
EarCorn 1.40
Hay 10.00
Butter, Creamery ........ 45
Dairy 37
Eggs 30
Flour, 5.50
Bran .2.10
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75
Shorts 2.25
Ground Peed... 2.40
Beans „, ___ 7.00
Onions 2.50
Potatoes 00
A Good Patriotic
Meeting in Pierz
' At the patriotic meeting held
in Faust's hall last Thursday
evening, addresses were made by
Rev. J. G. fjltiegler, Judge Roeser, and Julius H. Schmahl. The
principal speaker of the evening
was Mr. Schmahl, the gist of
whose address is embodied in the
following sentences:
"I am proud of my inheritance, proud of Germany, proud
of the German people, but not
proud of the German rulers I
am ashamed of the rulers of Germany who thought that the Germans of America would preve t
war or assist them in making a
dishonorable peace. Our forefathers came to America to escape the autocratic rule of Germany and the people of this
country with German blood are
going to smite Bill Hohenzollern when he attempts to
tear the liberty from us that we
have by being citizens of the
United States."
More Men to be
Sent April 26th
The local draft board must
furnish 32 men from this county
for the next draft which will be
April 26 and five cjays are allowed for entrairiment. The
state of Minnesota is asked to
furnish a total of 3,513 men who
will be sent to Gamp Dodge
during the fiye days stated. All
these men must be taken from
the class Al which the medical
board has been examining the
past month.
S-Ui.ip--Lali.ie,
One Hundred and One German
Lies Nailed by St, Louis Republic
Washington, D. C — German
propagandists have been busy
since the entry of the United
States into the war. Falsehoods
of every character have been
spread over every section of the
country with the idea of abusing
the confidence of the American
people. So persistent has been
the circulation of these carefully moulded pro-German lies that
an official exposure of them has !
been issued as a pamphlet, entitled "The Kaiserite in America" by the Committee on Public
Information, 8 Jackson Place,
Washington, D. C. A copy of
this pamphlet may be had tree
if inquiry will be directed to the
Committee.
German Counterfeiting.
Tales have been current about
interned German prisoners being,
fed five meals a day, about Red!
Cross supplies being sold to
shopkeepers by dishonest offi*
cials, by criminal waste of food
at training camps and many
other like falsehoods either de*
signed to discourage volunteer
Red Cross work and the loyal t
efforts of housekeepers to save
food or calculated to create a'
troublesome distrust of fhe Gov :
erment.
The circulation of these stories
is often due to the folly of a citizen who wishes to appear to
have the "inside information"
and who either innocently or intentionally starts a lie that rapidly grows worse as it spreads.
A collection of such lies and
their refutation has been made
by the St., Louis ■ Republic. A
hundred of them are included in
"The Kaiserite in America."
Tuesday morning: at 9:30 in
Belie Prairie church occured the
marriage of Reinhart Stumpf
and Clara Labrie. \. The bride
wore a white suit and a hat to
match. Maybell Labrie, the
bride's sister, was "bridesmaid
and John Stumpf, Ithe grooms
brother, was groomsman. A
wedding dinner was served at
the bride's home, after which
they came to Pierz to take Ihe
afternoon train for'jMilwaukee,
Chicago and some other eastern
points.
What Do You Think of This!
Below is an extract from Comfort, a little sheet published
in Augusta, Maine. The writer
who is pleased to call himself
Uncle Charlie spreads out
and sobs out several columns
over the alleged fact that no
one here can speak the english
language. But he must not be
taken seriously—at least not if
his calibre can be judged by the
character of the :-acU_ accepted
by Comport.
If you have tears prepare to
shed them now:
Minnesota the other day witnessed a spectacle wbich has
probably never been duplicated
in any other land on earth. A
number of American born boys of
foreign parentage, of the village
of Pierz, received their farewell
in German as they entrained for
the training camp- There was
not a soul in the community who
could have addressed tbem in
English, the language of their
native land.
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Liberty Bond Drive Successful
The Committee sent out from
Little Falls to Agram, Granite,
Pierz and Buh townships on the
Liberty Bond drive reported
success in the majority of cases.
One committee made twenty-
four calls and secured twenty-
three bonds.
In several townships the report showed more than fifty per
cent subscribed as a result of
the first day's drive.
List of Unclaimed Letters
Money in our strong bank is a
line of defence against life's uncertainties. First State Bank
of Genola.
Letters addressed to the following named parties are at the
postoffice in Pierz and have not
been called for.
Capocasa Francesco,
Holy Cross Congregation.
Rose Preglemeyer.
Begin today to save and bank
and have. First State Bank of
Genola.
Lightning Rods
On Stock Cars
J H. Vanloon is branching
out, or rather trying to branch
out. He is deviating from the
old trodden path which leads to
housetops and barnroofs. Vanloon is trying to sellWiner lightning rods to put on stock cars
to protect Elliott & Co., against
loss of cattle in transit to Duluth. Mr. Winer intends to put
Jim's plan before the board of
directors, when next he goes to
Duluth.
The real merits of Jim's proposition will have to be demonstrated when the live thunder and lightning leaps from
peak to peak and from cloud to
cloud.
If Jim's plan should be of value, we may yet see flitting by
long trains of stock cars, surmounted with glittering bulbs
and weathervanes.
Two Sentenced
For Perjury
Little Falls.
By joining the service two
Morrison county men will escape
a sentence of two years at the
reformatory. Three brothers,
Olaf, Christ and George Refs-
land, living near Randall, filed
questionnaires before the local
board in which they stated that
they owned land and all three
were exempted from service.
Later complaint was filed tbat
the questionnaires had not been
correctly filled out in the case
of the first two named and the
matter was taken before the
grand jury, where Olaf andChrist
were indicted on the charge of
perjury. They were arraigned
before Judge Roeser Friday and
sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but sentence was suspended if they .would agree to
enlist in the service. It appears
that while all three claimed to
own land, it was owned solely
by George Refsland.
John H, Berg Buried Here.
John H. Berg, son of Christ
Berg was buried in St. Joseph's
cemetery last Tuesday morning.
He died-in the state sanatarium
for consumptives, where he had
taken treatment for 10 months.
Seemingly improving under the
treatment there, pneumonia set
in and ended his earthly career
in his 31st year.
John left here about 15 years
ago and was since then in business for himself in Akely and
Minneapolis, until ill health compelled him to go to the sanitarium in Walker. He leaves a
wife and two children.
Auction Sale
on the Wm. Sandrock farm, six
miles east and three miles south
of Buckman and one mile north
of Morrill, on Wednesday, April
24th. Sale begins at 10 o'clock
a. m. - The following property
will be sold to the highest bidder.
HORSES—1 Mare 8 years old
wt. 1400 lbs; 1 mare 7 years old
wt. 1200 lbs; 1 colt 3 years old
wt. 1200 lbs; 1 colt 2 years old.
CATTLE—13 cows. 6 fresh,
others to freshen soon; 1 heifer
li years old; 5 spring calves.
SHEEP —88 Ewes, (Shrop-
shires) some with lambs.
PIGS—1 Sow with 5 pigs; 1
Sow will soon farrow.
POULTRY—50 chickens.
MACHINERY, etc—1 Champion binder, 6 ft. cut; 1 Deering
mower, 4$ ft. cut; 1 Keystone
hay loader; 1 Keystone side delivery hay rake; 1 J. I. Case
sulky plow; 1 John Deer walking plow; 1 Moline walking
plow; 1 Oliver chilled walking
plow; 1.heavy Breaking plow;
1 two-section Harrow; 1 three-
section Harrow; 1 Monitor 12
Disc Drill; 1 Tiger Seeder; 1
walking Cultivator; 1 Mitchell
Wagon di tire, new; 1 wide tire
Wagon; 1 Steel Wheel Farm
Truck; 1 Single Buggy in good
condition; 1 Bob Sled; 1 double
Wagon Box; 1 Hay and Cattle
Rack combined; 1 heavy work
Harness; 1 single work Harness;
1 Tool Grinder, foot power; 1200
ft. of Mixed Lumber and many
other Articles.
Free Lunch at Noon.
Terms of Sale—All Sums of
$10.00 and under cash. Over
that amount one years time will
be given on bankable paper with
interest at 8 percent.
WM. SANDROCK, Owner.
James A. Dengel, Auctioneer.
Wm. J. Billstein, Clerk.
The town of Pierz purchased a ten foot blade Austin
road grader. They can also
use a twelve foot blade and Little Falls Business College-
moulboardon the same machine. The town also bought
an Everlast concrete form to
build concrete culverts of
different sizes.
"Where you get a little more
and a little better than elsewhere." School in session until August 1st. You can enter
any time. It's the school for
you. 86-10t
Local Happenings
Of the Week
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Sauk Centre went dry by
two votes.
Little Falls has 45 Polish
men in the U. S. army.
One Buh farmer invested
$1000 in Liberty Bonds.
Ed. Leese of Minneapolis
visited - relatives here over
Sunday.
Nick Meyer shipped a car
of stock to South St. Paul
Monday.
J. McKay, a veterinery of
Duluth bought- five horses
here last week.
A young son arrived at
the Herman Boser home last
Tuesday morning.
Our steady growth tells a
story of our safety, strength,
and service. First State Bank
of Genola.
Florian Dombovy and family of Platte motored to
Swan Elver last Saturday
for a Sunday visit.
Some of the Buh farmers
lost their winter rye through
the spring drouth and are
seeding the ryeground to
oats.
Mrs. J Preimesberger returned Monday after visiting
several days with her sons
Alois and Ed. at Menasha,
Wis.
Math Wetzel, E. M. La-
fond, Barney Burton and L.
O. Weasel were among those
soliciting Liberty Bonds here
Monday.
Jocnnda Juliana ofSt. Paul
is--doing decorative work in
church. Mr. Juliana is the
contractor who decorated the
church about five years ago.
While breaking brushland
last week, Peter Theiss turned up a flint arrowhead. The
arrowhead was found about
seven inghes below the surface.
Sunday April 21st, at 4
o'clock p. m. there will be a
"Parcel Sociable" in school
district 129, better known as
the Adam Tembreul school.
The proceeds are for the Red
Cross. Everybody invited.
Andy Fenn has a crew of
men lining and staking out
parts of the Pierz-Little Falls
road and the Pierz-Lastrup
road. Work on these roads
will begin as soon as the new
tractor arrives, and it is the
intention to finish it this
summer.
The following were ap -
pointed road overseers in
Pierz.
Dist. No. 1 John Bollig
„ „ 2 John B. Bednar
•„ „ 3 Jos. Grittner
„ „ 4 Jos. Otremba.
The town at the last annual
town meeting voted to authorize the town board to
levy an Optional Road Tax
which taxes are to be worked
off as in former years. The
board levied a tax of 5 mills
'for this purpose. According
to this law a man is allowed
$2.00 per day and for the
use of a team $2.50 per day.
I Farm loans proipptTy closed
'at the lowe... nr - at the First
' State Bank oi G ..ji.i.
UGEU.S. NAVAL
VESSEL MISSING
Collier Cyclops With 293 Persons
on Board, Month Overdue at
Atlantic Port.
ENROUTE FROM .BRAZIL
Was Last Heard of at West Indian
Island Port On March" .—Navy
Department Officials Extremely Worried.
Washington, April 15.—The navy de- j
partment announces that the big!
American naval collier Cyclops, car-1
rying 57 passengers, 15 officers and |
221 men in her crew, has been over- j
due at an American port since March!
13. The ship was last reported at a!
West Indies island March 4 and ex-;
treme anxiety is entertained as to her j
safety. The vessel was bringing a j
cargo of manganese from Brazil.
Alfred L. Moreau Gottschalk, Unit-1
ed States consul general at Rio de j
Janeiro, was the only civilian among |
the passengers on the collier, the j
others being two naval lieutenants |
and 54 naval enlisted men returning j
to the United States. The Cyclops was j
commanded by Lie.it. Command sr G. j
W. Worley, United States naval re- j
serve force.
One of Engines Damaged.
The Cyclops left the West Indies
with one of her'two engines damaged,
but the department said this fact
would not prevent her from communicating by radio and all efforts to reach
her by that means have been unsuccessful.
A thorough search of the course
which she would have followed in
coming to port has been made and
continues, it was announced.
There have been no reports of German submarines or raiders in the locality in which the collier was reported, the department's statement said.
The weather has not been stormy and
could hardly have given the collier
trouble.
Missing More Than Month.
The fact that the collier had been
missing nearly a month became Known
here Thursday, April 11. The naval
censor requested tho Associated Press
not to publish the fact on the ground
that the ship had not been given- up
for lost, and that to publish the fact
that she was overdue might expose
the Cyclops to submarine of other
enemy attack while slie might be disabled on the high seas.
The official announcement by the
navy today does not give the ship up
for lost, but merely says "the navy
department feels extremely anxious as
to her safety."
The statement follows the collier 13
of 19,0.0 tons displacement. The ship
was due, at an Atlantic port March 13.
— BUY L. L. BONDS
FAITH IN BRITISH WALL
Washington Declares No Cause to Be
Unduly Alarmed.
■ Washington, April 15.—Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's ominous appeal to the British forces to stand
their ground, no matter what the cost,'
has brought home to Washington officials the desperate situation of the
Allie. in what may prove to be the'
decisive battle of the war.
The grave character of the British
commander's statement, however, has
not impaired the confidence here that
the Allies will succeed in holding t_e
line against the German assaults,
however terrific. '•
According to the Interpretation generally placed.on the special order of
the day, General Haig does not pronounce the situation hopeless, but discloses his conviction that the supreme
moment of the struggle is at hand and
that victory or defeat depends on the I
fight put up by the Allies to hold their!
positions.
BUT L. L. BONDS
NET LOAN TOTAL NOW
REACHES $573,451,600;
-i — -
Washington, April 15.—The first!
week of the third Liberty Loan cam-!
paign now shows subscriptions of j
$573,451,600 officially announced, j
These represent, however, only the re-!
ports from incorporated banks and|
trust companies and are the aggregate!
of the first six days.
They follow by districts: New York,!
$231,800,000; Chicago, $83,812,000; Bos j
ton, $53,686,700; St. Louis, $47,015,000; !
Cleveland, $42,348,000; Philadelphia,!
$39,627,000; San Francisco, $23,858,-'
300; Dallas, $19,925,950; Kansas City,
$18,534,200; Richmond, $9,307,550; Atlanta, $3,356,000.
It is believed that more than a
thousand communities have already
subscribed or exceeded their <r
and are entitled to fly the honor flag.
BUY L. L. BONDS
U-Boat Shells Monrovia Po_t.
Washington, April 15— A '■ srman
submarine of largest Bpa-scing type,
on'April 10, appeared ir. the port of
Monrovia, the capital or Libert, on
the west coiBt of Africa, and bqtr.
barded the wireless and cable stations
there, the State department has been
Informed in an official disaptch. Th .
submarine threw scores of shells from
l-pj. . -r>k guns into the wfrele.s Bta-
tion. /:-, ,:-.g extensive damage. She
had '■ Mrned her atten'ion to the
cable offices when a steamer waa
. ighted passing the harbor south.
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